Job Details

UX / UI Designer

Archetype AI is developing the world's first AI platform to bring AI into the real world. Formed by an exceptionally high-caliber team from Google, Archetype AI is building a foundation model for the physical world, a real-time multimodal LLM for real life, transforming real-world data into valuable insights and knowledge that people will be able to interact with naturally. It will help people in their real lives, not just online, because it understands the real-time physical environment and everything that happens in it. Supported by deep tech venture funds in Silicon Valley, Archetype AI is currently at the Series A stage and is progressing rapidly to develop technology for their next stage. This presents a unique and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of an exciting AI team at the beginning of their journey, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Our team is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with team members throughout the US and Europe.

Archetype AI is seeking a UX / UI Designer to lead and own the end-to-end user experience of our developer console, a critical touchpoint for our customers. You'll lead features from concept to launch, partnering closely with PMs and engineers to shape requirements, design key flows, and prototype in code. This role will help build consistency and quality across the product, and build feedback loops that keep us close to customers. This role is ideal for a seasoned product designer who's has experience designing and shipping product, who's comfortable leading ambiguous, technically complex work, and balances systems thinking with pixel-level craft.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead features end to end for our developer console, partnering with engineering to identify requirements, key flows, and validate UX direction before handoff.
• Build prototypes using AI assisted coding tools to validate.
• Maintain and improve the quality and consistency of our product surfaces, using our design system and contributing back when gaps surface.
• Run lightweight research to validate design directions, including user interviews, beta feedback, and synthesis of input from internal teams.
• Develop and own internal beta testing processes and feedback loops across both features and documentation, so we catch issues before customers do.
• Communicate design decisions and tradeoffs clearly to PMs, engineers, and leadership with strong rationale and storytelling.
• Conduct periodic audits of UI to identify inconsistencies, gaps, or opportunities for improvement.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional product design experience, with a track record of owning complex features end to end.
• Strong visual design fundamentals and the craft to apply them.
• Experience owning projects from start to finish and collaborating across disciplines.
• Comfort collaborating closely with engineers, including reading code and reasoning about technical constraints.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Enterprise Saas environments and/or developer focused products.
• Familiarity working in startup environments or as fast-moving in-house teams.
• Familiarity with front end development principles and design to engineering handoff.

Bonus Skills:

• Designing for ML and AI products.
• Animation and motion design.
• Illustration skills.